Gravesend has been the scene of another dreadful conflagration. At
one o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Garrett, in West Street; and in a short time it extended in all directions, till it caused the destruction of forty houses, including the Bank, the Pier Hotel, the Talbot Inn, and the Punchbowl Tavern. It was not entirely subdued at eleven last night. No lives are believed to have been lost; but the destruction of property is estimated to be from 20,0001. to 30,0001. Great complaints are made of the local authorities for the bad supply of water and generally defective arrangements. Had it not been for the engines from Northfleet, Chatham, and Dartford, and the assistance ren- dered by a body of soldiers sent over from Tilbury Fort, it is supposed that the whole town must have been destroyed.
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